Lin Chen knew that this was actually a strategy that the country had already devised for him to deal with various problems in advance.
Honestly, when it comes to scheming and plotting, you foreigners are far from being good enough.
Having figured this out, Lin Chen stopped worrying about the orders.
As time went by, Xiaomi delivered one car after another, and those bigwigs in the oil car industry were no longer worried.
Xiaomi Auto will no longer have any cars entering the market, so what are we afraid of?
However, after Xiaomi Auto finally delivered all the orders placed before the entry of capital into the gasoline car market, it was discovered that Xiaomi Auto was still delivering new cars to ordinary customers.
"What's going on? Didn't they say Xiaomi didn't have any cars? Where did these cars come from?"
Fortunately, according to statistics from the leaders of the oil-powered vehicle alliance, only a few vehicles were delivered to ordinary customers.
"Those are probably cars that were ordered by customers who changed their minds after they were produced. There are only a few of them, so it's not a big problem."
However, as more and more Xiaomi cars are delivered to ordinary customers, these bigwigs in the gasoline car alliance have also realized that there are definitely things they don't know about.
So they used all their connections to investigate, and as a result, they discovered that these Xiaomi cars were actually exported from China!
This result left them speechless.
Xiaomi has a car production line in China? What's the point of all this?
So, the bigwigs of the oil car alliance gathered again for a meeting. After discussing it, they felt that the plan to take orders was still feasible, but they needed to actually confirm how much production capacity Xiaomi cars actually had.
Then, they spent money to send commercial spies to China to find out what was going on.
A month later, the industrial spies replied to these business tycoons, stating that Xiaomi Auto in China had a total of three production lines in operation, and also attached several photos taken on-site.
Pictures don't lie!
The bigwigs in the financial world held another meeting.
"So, Xiaomi has three production lines in China and two in the US, for a total of five production lines. They can produce about fifty cars a day. So each of us only needs to order 200 more cars on top of the original order of 100! That's a total of 300 Xiaomi cars, which is only $12 million. I think everyone can afford that, right?"
When they heard the price of $1,200, some small car manufacturers actually wanted to withdraw. However, they knew that they could not withdraw now. If they did, it would be equivalent to offending the entire gasoline car alliance. In that case, with electric cars holding knives in front and gasoline car alliance holding guns behind, would they still have a way to survive?
Besides, we can sell this car to recoup some of the losses, so at this point, we have no choice but to agree.
"Okay, since it passed unanimously, let's hurry back and implement it."
Lucy ran into Lin Chen's office again, but this time she wasn't in a hurry.
"Boss, good news! Our orders are full again."
"Hmm? Is it the same as last time?"
"That's right, exactly the same as last time."
"Okay, I understand."
After Lucy left, Lin Chen picked up the phone and called Minister Wang.
"Minister Wang, help!"
"Come on, you've been stirring up trouble in America, and now you want me to save your life?"
"No, Minister Wang, the people from America are terrifying. They actually sent me money as a group? I'm afraid they have ulterior motives."
Minister Wang was speechless. He knew the gist of it, but he wouldn't interfere unless Lin Chen spoke up.
"Get lost, get lost! The oil car alliance is putting pressure on you, isn't it? How can I help you?"
"Hehehe, Minister Wang is indeed as wise and understanding as ever. How about borrowing the production lines of FAW, SAIC, Changan and Dongfeng from Xiaomi Auto?"
"Oh, no problem. I had a feeling this would happen. Just have Lei Jun contact them directly."
"Okay, Minister Wang, thank you so much. I'll bring you some local specialties, including a giant horse, when I get back."
"You're using this to test your cadres?"
"I was wrong, Minister Wang."
"Tell me secretly next time."
"ah?"
After hanging up, Lin Chen called Lei Jun again to discuss the matter.
After everything was arranged, he waited to see the show.
After receiving evidence of this commercial espionage, the American Oil Car Alliance felt much more at ease.
However, because the deposits for the cars that followed were paid later, many ordinary car owners still received their new cars in the meantime.
They don't care about this anymore, they even want to laugh. Do you know that Xiaomi Auto is about to become a dead company? You are so happy to pick up your cars, it's just stupid.
Three months later, it was finally the turn of the oil car alliance to place their orders again.
However, the bigwigs in the oil car alliance found that things were not as they had imagined. What was going on? Why did Xiaomi Auto still have cars?
There are only five production lines, right? Where did these extra cars come from?
They just couldn't understand it, but now the facts were right in front of them.
Over the past few months, Xiaomi cars have achieved a considerable number of vehicles in the US, with the TC mini leading the pack in sales, leaving local US brands of gasoline cars far behind.
Some smaller gasoline car brands, whose sales have plummeted in recent months and were already operating at a loss, have been forced to file for bankruptcy as this final straw broke the camel's back.
Brands like Ford, Buick, and Cadillac have a global presence and their overseas sales are still quite good, allowing them to survive for the time being.
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